Brunner Suffers Knee Injury at Austrian National Championships

During the Austrian National Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, World Cup skier Stephanie Brunner was seriously injured. Without falling, she suffered a tear of the ACL and meniscus in her left knee.

“The situation was actually very unspectacular,” Brunner said. “I only got one hit, but it was clear to me that something in the knee did not fit.”

For the 24-year-old, this is the first serious knee injury of her career. Brunner will be operated in Innsbruck on Tuesday evening.

Brunner just wrapped up the World Cup season ranked sixth in the giant slalom standings. She had top-10 World Cup finishes in GS, slalom, super-G and alpine combined.

Release courtesy of the Austrian Ski Federation